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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by nonethewiser on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @07:43AM (#36585376)
> and the fact that they're heavily branding it with Instagram, using Instagram logins etc suggests to me that they're just looking for another angle to vacuum up user data

The same user data they already have from instagram?

I think you’re missing the real reason they are leveraging instagram. Network effects. Instead of building a social microblogging platform from the ground up they are jumpstarting it by taking the existing userbase and their relations.

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by blitzar on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @09:23AM (#36586304)
> I think you’re missing the real reason they are leveraging instagram

Threads, a Facebook app - hel no. I would rather install the spying app TikTok on my phone than a Facebook branded property.

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Re:Threads, an Instagram App by afavour on Wednesday July 05, 2023 @09:44AM (#36600378)
> I think you’re missing the real reason they are leveraging instagram. Network effects.

I’m not missing it, I’m saying this is the exact problem. My social graph on Twitter is totally different than my one on Instagram. So Threads will be “text posts with my Instagram friends”, which may be or may not be compelling. But it won’t replace Twitter.

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